{"id":"tas:sr-2018-037","name":"Proclamation under the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017","slug":"proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"37 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184945,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-037-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017","content":"> Proclamation under the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017\n\nI, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-056#GS2@EN) [Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-056) fix 1 July 2018 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n18 June 2018\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nMinister for Justice\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 27 June 2018","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive content. It performs exactly the function intended: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the enabling Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format used routinely across all Australian jurisdictions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that the *Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017* will start operating on **1 July 2018**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. They often need a proclamation like this to specify the exact start date.\n- This particular law made changes to how prison sentences work in Tasmania. Until this proclamation was issued, those changes couldn't be used by courts.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian courts, judges, and anyone being sentenced for criminal offences from 1 July 2018 onwards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the Act's substantive scope or content; it only fixes the commencement date under s 2, determining when the Act's provisions take effect."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: fixes a commencement date only (low substantive complexity).","Clear legal authority cited: made under section 2 of the Act (explicit source of power).","Formal execution requirements: signed by Governor and Minister and notified in the Gazette (procedural/formal, not interpretive).","Timing impact: while substantive content is unchanged, the chosen date affects when courts and agencies must apply new rules.","Minimal interpretive ambiguity: text is direct about date and authority."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2018 as the day the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 begins to operate. The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council under s 2, fixes the commencement date; the proclamation does not itself change the Act’s substance. Mechanically, it determines when the Act’s sentencing rules become binding on courts, legal practitioners, correctional agencies and persons subject to sentence."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation is a narrow, administrative instrument with a single purpose: to commence the parent Act. There is no indication of any scope change — it simply activates the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 as intended."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely administrative — it contains almost no substantive legal content","Complexity lies in understanding what a proclamation is and how it relates to the parent Act, which requires basic knowledge of how legislation commences","The actual legal substance (the sentencing amendments) is in the parent Act, not this document","Repeated duplicate headings in the source text obscure the minimal content present"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania brings the Sentencing Amendment (Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 into force, with the amendments taking effect on 27 June 2018. It doesn't change law itself but activates the revised rules for imposing prison sentences.\n\nIt matters to people sentenced after that date, Tasmania’s courts and judges, and legal practitioners who must apply the updated sentencing framework."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is a metadata curiosity rather than a substantive legal flaw. The access timestamp of 5 April 2026 embedded in a static document snapshot creates an internal inconsistency: the document purports to be 'current' as of an access date that postdates the file modification date by nearly 8 years, yet no amendments are reflected. This raises questions about whether the 'current' designation is meaningful.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:12' but the file was last modified on 31 July 2018. The access date of 2026 is referenced as a future date relative to any realistic drafting or publication date, yet is treated as a present-tense access timestamp, creating a temporal paradox in the document's own metadata."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The update disclaimer exists to manage expectations about currency, but its inclusion in a document that has apparently never been updated in nearly 8 years serves no practical function and creates a mild logical absurdity: the mechanism described has never been engaged.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be a version 'current from 27 June 2018 to date' while also stating 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' If the version has been current and unchanged since 27 June 2018 through to an access date of 5 April 2026 — nearly 8 years — the update promise is rendered meaningless in context, as it implies no changes have ever been made to trigger an update cycle."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a formal legal instrument. Duplicated headings with no differentiating content between them create ambiguity as to which instance of the heading is operative. In strict interpretive terms, a court could be asked whether both instances carry equal legal weight or whether one supersedes the other.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). While likely a rendering or formatting error, if treated as the authoritative legislative text, this creates a document that is structurally self-repeating with no discernible legal distinction between the repeated elements."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (Version current from 27 June 2018 to date)","section_b":"Authorisation (File last modified 31 July 2018)","confidence":0.65,"description":"The version is stated to be current 'from 27 June 2018', yet the file was last modified on 31 July 2018 — over a month later. This creates a contradiction: the commencement date of the current version predates the last modification of the file that contains it, suggesting either the commencement date or the modification date is inaccurate."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-amendment-sentences-of-imprisonment-act-2017/documents"}}